It is hard for most moms to even comprehend how to get away. There’s the expense, of course, and our needs are often last on the list of things to budget for. There are all the things that won’t get done while you are gone, like dinner on time and sock matching and dealing with […]
How to set a powerful goal that fits your life
There’s a good reason that athletes and other high-achievers set goals that lead them to where they want to go. Setting goals gives you long-term direction and short-term motivation. But for many of us, goal-setting is often an exercise in frustration. We don’t know how to choose a goal, or we have too many goals […]
The best self-care gift ideas for holiday nurturing
When I’m giving a gift, I often think about how it will make the life of the recipient easier, more calm, or more restful. And since wrapping up the Self-Care season on Nurturing Habit, I’ve been thinking a lot about all the different ways we can approach self-care. With those two ideas in mind, I’m […]
Quit being Supermom so you can be a super mama
One of the most common worries I hear from my clients is that they are somehow failing. Failing at mothering well enough, failing at taking care of their own health, failing at nurturing their relationships. If they run a business, they fear they are failing at that, too. They want to be Supermom, but they […]
How to Find More Time To Write
If you are both a mom and a writer, you may feel like your heart is being pulled in two different directions all the time. Your kids need so much of your time and energy, but if you don’t write, you lose some essential part of yourself. How can you make more time to write? […]
Have you gone off course? How To Create a Life You Love – Part 6
Have You Gone Off Course?, is part 6 in the series about change and creating a life you love. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5. In earlier parts of this series, we talked about beginning – clarifying a vision and creating a map, supporting yourself when you are scared to […]
Manage fear and resistance: How to create a life you love, part 5
Manage Fear and Resistance is part 5 in the series about change and creating a life you love. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. Have you ever had the experience of waking up one day and deciding to make a change in your life, and then just doing it? If you have, […]
Support Yourself: How to Create A Life You Love, part 4
Support Yourself is part 4 in the series about change and creating a life you love. Read part 1, part 2, and part 3. In previous parts of this series, we talked about clarifying the vision of what you want to create, creating a map to get there, and then setting your feet on that path by taking […]
Take Action: How to Create a Life You Love, Part 3
Take Action is part 3 in the series about creating a life you love. Read part 1, and part 2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.~ Lao Tzu This is the most important step toward changing hour life. You can have a perfect plan or a very sketchy map pointing you […]
How to Create a Life you Love: Part 2 – Map it out
This is part 2 in the series about creating a life you love. You can find part 1 here. Knowing what I want to have in my life and knowing how to get there are two totally different things. You can stay stuck in the longing forever – and some people do. I don’t want […]
